An Image of You by Liz Fielding

Author:Liz Fielding [Fielding, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460392195
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

‘What a very impetuous young woman you are, Georgette. Have you no thought for your safety? You’re in the middle of the bush. There could be anything out there, waiting to eat you up for lunch.’

George looked nervously around, but there was nothing out there to raise her pulse-rate the way Lukas did.

‘So? What do you suggest we do?’

‘I’m sure we could think of some way to pass the time.’ He moved closer to her on the seat. ‘Before we try the engine again.’

‘Let’s change places.’ She moved rapidly to open the door, anxious to get out of his reach. But Lukas snapped out a hand and caught her arm.

‘Certainly not.’ He leaned across her and closed the door. ‘Unless, of course, you’re prepared to concede that you need a man to get you out of trouble?’

‘That’s ridiculous!’

He laughed. ‘I thought not. So, entertain me. Keep my mind off the terrible danger you’ve got us into.’

‘I am not a music-hall turn, Mr Lukas,’ she said coldly and, her hand shaking, she gave the key a desperate turn. After a heart-stopping effort it fired. George slipped into gear and without another word moved off, this time taking it more gently.

After a while she gave him a sideways glance from under her lashes. ‘What excitement have you planned for this afternoon?’ she asked.

Lukas regarded her with steady amusement for a moment and George held her breath, but he had apparently abandoned the attempt at a flirtation and returned to the business at hand, explaining the shot he had arranged earlier. He glanced at his watch. ‘Come on, George, get a move on, do.’

George put her foot down, but Lukas was apparently untroubled by the shaking, hanging on without any show of discomfort. He was out of the Land Rover and walking almost before she had applied the brakes, shouting orders, making everyone jump.

‘Thought we might have had a bite of lunch before starting again,’ Walter muttered to George, as he heaved himself out of his camp chair.

But no one had lunch until a difficult shot of Peach taking a bush shower was successfully completed. Lukas wanted one of the little black-faced vervet monkeys to be in the shot, peeping out of a tree at her. Bait to entice it to the right spot had been laid, but the monkey was, on the whole, quicker than the camera lens.

‘We could tie a piece of apple to some cotton,’ George suggested after a half a dozen attempts. ‘That might hold him.’

Lukas shrugged. ‘The greedy little beast might fall for it.’ The monkey watched suspiciously as the bait was laid once more. This time he was more cautious, but in the end he couldn’t resist the temptation. He flew down the tree, made a grab for the apple and froze in astonishment as it was jerked out of reach. Then he turned and fled, gibbering at them in rage from the safety of a high branch. But it had been long enough.

For the first time since their return to camp Lukas smiled.

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